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This splendid view of the River Hodder shows the magnificent scenery of the area.

The hill top was levelled to accommodate the house, its parterres and approaches, and a fine aviary was added in 1889.

Once the railway arrived in 1864, many more visitors came; a variety of activities was arranged for them, including bathing from the bathing machines in the middle of the picture, taking trips around the

This is one of the numerous large country homes which were constructed in this favoured part of the Surrey hills during Queen Victoria's reign.

Denmead started to grow when Portsea Island began to expand its boundaries and creep up over Portsdown Hill.

Further up Castle Street and at its junction with Bristle Hill to the right and Elm Street on the left, the photographer is looking towards the great east window of the parish church.

Aberystwyth became a popular resort for the well-off, who came here to bathe and socialise from the late 18th century.

Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance. The lock chambers on this canal had their own individual size, 64ft 9in x 9ft 2ins – a most peculiar gauge. The canal became disused in 1930.

The Welsh name for the Sugar Loaf is Pen Y Fal, meaning 'top of the round hill'.

A few miles from Dunstable, through the Downs, and nowadays part of the commuter belt, Castle Hill road links the three ends of Totternhoe, Church, Middle and Lower.

At the top of the steps on the right was a fish and chip shop; its practice of throwing out vinegar caused the area to be nicknamed Vinegar Hill.

If there is any breeze blowing, it will blow onto Clee Hill, and consequently the village can sometimes be very bleak.

Looking beyond Castle Hill, we see the cliffs around Beer in the distance. This open plain of sea front has since been divided by the sea wall and a modern motor road.

Horse trams are slowly climbing the hill on their journey from Tettenhall.

The Town Hall and magistrates' court still dominates Market Hill.

This comfortable pub, once an inn, lies under Hurstbourne Hill on what was the Andover turnpike to Newbury. It was near here that William Cobbett stayed with Joseph Blount at Rookery Farm.

This splendid view of the River Hodder shows the magnificent scenery of the area.The photograph shows the scene as it could have been 100 years earlier, except for the gas pipe crossing the river in

This scattered village is situated in the heart of the Weald. It is an old centre with a 15th-century church, which has many fine treasures. Weatherboarded cottages surround the tree-lined green.

The somewhat interestingly named hamlet of Dirt Pot lies just one mile north of Allenheads.

Foundry Cottages (left) and three-storey Foundry House (far right), in West Allington, were the hub of Richard Robert Samson`s Grove Iron Works.

This picturesque small lake, often complete with ducks, sits at the northern end of a common in a large village.

It is also the meeting point for two of Hampshire's smaller, lesser-known waterways - the Bourne rivulet and the River Swift.

This is part of Old Leigh, with the railway on the right and the sea behind the buildings on the left.The main shopping centre has moved up the hill to Leigh Broadway but this High Street is still

The church and a cluster of old houses are at the top of the hill, and more old buildings are on the river bank, east and west of the Bognor Road river bridge.